Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

If your to-do list is overflowing, today’s episode will remind you of the importance of doing nothing. Our lives revolve around doing. Even when we are making time for self-care, we are still wrapped up in getting things done. Today, you will just relax. Let yourself be completely carefree and dwell in the moment. Rachel shares some ideas to begin. Tune in! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You have changed - you are not the same person you were before. In today’s episode, you are going to acknowledge that change. What have you learned about yourself lately? Have you made a breakthrough in therapy? Were you about to connect the dots about a behavior or pattern of yours? Whatever it is, it’s important. Tune in to reflect on it. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What self-care practice changed your life? How were you able to fuse discipline and self-care to better yourself? In today’s episode, you are going to anchor into some big gratitude for the work you have done in the past. Rachel shares some examples you may resonate with. If it didn’t come easy, don’t take it for granted! Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We often have big stories about ourselves, our personalities, our likes and our dislikes. And as we move through the world, we cement these ideas again and again, making them reality. But what if one of those old storylines is no longer serving you? In today’s journaling practice, we are going to focus on how we have evolved and grown. Rachel shares tips for journaling as well as an example from her own life. There is power in changing the narrative. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When doing inner work, it’s important to focus on the areas of your life that could be improved. But this week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to embrace a more carefree energy by spending time on the progress you have already made. What have you healed lately? In what ways have you grown? Where in your life are you making better choices? Learning to appreciate where you are in this moment only brings contentment and the resilience to move forward. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What is the most joyful thing you can do for yourself today? We often think that we have to plan fun things weeks in advance. Today’s episode will show you how joy is always at your fingertips. Tune in to hear creative ideas you can do today that will bring out the happiness in you. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is having fun at the bottom of your to-do list? Do you feel unworthy of joy unless everyone around you is happy? In today’s episode, we are going to contemplate what keeps us from having fun and experiencing joy. Rachel shares a journaling prompt and some examples from her own life. Tune in to see if it rings true for you. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don’t need much to be happy. Today’s meditation will show you proof of that. Find a comfortable seat, breathe deeply, and widen your heart. The mind can take up a lot of energy and space. But when you peel back the layers and find presence in your body, you will see that everything is okay just as it is. There is joy in the simple things. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When we think of joy, we often think of big life experiences. But there are also small, everyday, mundane things that can consistently put a smile on your face. And you may take them for granted! Today’s episode will help you see the beauty in the little things, which is especially helpful anytime you are feeling low or going through a hard time. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you have fun just for the sake of having fun? Or do you feel like fun needs to be paired with an accomplishment? This week on Self-Care Daily, we are asking some big questions when it comes to joy. We’ll tap into what brings us happiness, and any limiting beliefs we have surrounding it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Come today, after all the practices we did this week around hope, you may feel a little lighter and better about the state of the world. For today’s self-care practice, you are going to spread that positivity. Rachel will share a practice to find a person who needs support and many ways you can uplift them right now. Tune in to remind others that there are good people in the world. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It can be really easy to get lost in the hopelessness of it all. Everywhere you look - the news, social media, etc - offers examples of how the world is a bad place. In today’s episode, you will try one of Rachel’s favorite self-care activities. It will help organize a messy mind, make sense of things that feel difficult, and allow you to drop into profound gratitude. Rachel will guide you through the practice and share some of her own examples. Even though there is darkness, tune in to know there is also so much light. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As a beautiful way to center hope this week, Rachel does a practice she turns to when she is down in the dumps and the world feels complicated and dark. It’s to google good news! Rachel shares some headlines from today that include heartwarming news, big developments, and personal stories. Good things happen every single day. Tune in to hear them. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today’s journaling practice is a simple but deep contemplation. We are going to get really serious about the things that bring us hope. What is present in your life that allows you to take a sigh of relief and know that things are okay? Rachel will guide you through a practice to connect to your heart space and find the inherent goodness of the world. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world can be a scary, dark place sometimes. But you can choose to turn your head toward the light. This week on Self-Care Daily, we are contemplating hope. What makes you feel hopeful? When you find yourself deep in a rut, what reminds you of the good in the world? Today’s episode will help you figure it out. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve been building up to this all week, so now it’s time to dive in, get your hands dirty, and clean up! Go all in for your cleaning practice, and use it as a cathartic way to release something messy on the inside as well. In this episode, Rachel will show you how to connect your inner and outer world, and how to turn this into a spiritual practice. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Consider the messy area in your home. What could that space be if it was clean and organized? Similarly, consider the mental load weighing on you. What could you create in your life without those judgemental and negative thoughts holding you back? In this episode, you will visualize the potential your life has. Rachel offers two journaling prompts to get you started. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What have you been keeping inside? What feelings are bottled up within you? In today’s meditation, you are going to arrive and settle into your body. Move away from the thinking mind and drop into what feeling comes your way. You’ll work through it once you stop resisting it. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We tend to avoid the messy places in our homes - and we do the exact same thing with difficult emotions. But if we keep everything bottled up, eventually it will all overflow. In today’s episode, you are going to journal on the junk drawer of your internal world. What is something painful and hard that you prefer not to think about? What is brimming at the surface and ready to overflow? Grab a pen and paper, then find a safe space to give this issue the air it deserves. Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Think about the messes you have scattered throughout your life. Some are physical - closets and junk drawers - while others are mental clutter, blockages and limiting beliefs. This week on Self-Care Daily, we are going to tackle both at once. What does the mess in your life represent in your emotional world? As you make your way through it, can you embrace the parts of you that you keep hidden and let everything go? Tune in to begin. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices